New Orleans The more studies that are done, the more time that passes, the more it seems impossible to get around the core issue embedded in the compromises of the Affordable Care Act: it’s just not affordable for lower income families. The government’s projections for the current signup period are frankly modest at about nine …
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Affordable Care Act Renewal Time and the Puzzles for Workers
New Orleans The window has now opened for new signups under the Affordable Care Act. This time around there won’t be any do-overs or make-ups, I’ll bet. The Administration is already soft selling the numbers and predicting less than 10 million enrollees by the end of 2015, dampening expectations, either tactically or determinedly. This is …
Small Employers and Nonprofits Caught in Healthcare Bind
New Orleans Talking to small employers about the health care exchange has been a slog, and it doesn’t look like it will get that much easier soon. The numbers are also somewhat daunting in the aggregate. Businesses with fewer than 50 workers don’t have to provide coverage under the mandate. They employee 34 million people …